AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Just a quick reminder - the First Quarter Deadline for the ARC Grants
Program (Artists' Resource for Completion) is coming right up on Tuesday,
February 1st, 2011 by 6pm.

ARC grants provide rapid, short-term assistance to individual artists
residing in Los Angeles County who wish to enhance work for a specific,
imminent opportunity that may significantly benefit their careers. Artists
in any discipline are eligible to apply. The applicant must already have
secured an invitation from an established arts organization to present the
proposed work. The start date must be scheduled for presentation within six
months of the application deadline: for the First Quarter deadline, the
presentation start date must fall between March 14, 2011 and August 1, 2011.

Call For Applications!
2011-2012 DeVos Institute of Arts Management Fellowship
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The application deadline is April 1, 2011.

Founded by Kennedy Center President Michael M. Kaiser in 2001, the DeVos
Institute of Arts Management Fellowship provides mid-career arts
managers with practical training and work experience at one of the
world's largest and most dynamic performing arts institutions.

The Fellowship provides weekly seminars in strategic planning,
marketing, development and financial management; three practical work
rotations; and a series of professional development seminars.

The nine-month, full-time program begins in September 2011. A stipend,

A new business networking community for the traditional fine-arts industry. A directory of art models looking for work, profiles for anyone who draws/paints from models, includes listings for drawing groups.

The site is free. A service to the industry. Spread the word!

Http://www.ArtModelPlace.com

It is already fully functional with over 450 members but is still in development. Do you find this site useful?

from LA Culture Net

CALL FOR ARTISTS: PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

The City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Public
Percent-for-Art Program is seeking artists interested in creating
site-specific public artwork for newly constructed Police Department
(LAPD) and Fire Department (LAFD) facilities located throughout Los
Angeles. Artists commissioned as a result of this
Request for Qualifications will design, fabricate, and install
independent and/or integrated public artworks that will be accessed
and experienced by passers-by, facility visitors, and public safety
employees, as part of the unified texture and fabric of our City’s
neighborhoods. Potential opportunities and sites for artwork exist on
interior and exterior walls; within hallways, lobbies, landscaped

CALL FOR CURATORS : LAPD PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM

The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Public
Percent-for-Art Program is seeking professional curators interested in
creating permanent exhibitions at newly-constructed LAPD facilities
located throughout Los Angeles. The DCA, through this partnership with
the LAPD, is interested in creating interior and exterior arts
corridors at approximately eight LAPD facilities in order to transform
daily encounters into opportunities to educate, engage, and impact
LAPD staff and the visiting public via site-specific, curated
exhibitions featuring work by Los Angeles-based artists. The LAPD’s
new, architecturally-distinct facilities are unique landmarks in the

California Arts Council

GUIDELINE WORKSHOPS
Learn how to Apply to the Artists in Schools Program

Program Descriptions

Artists in Residence Program (Artists in Schools)

The intent of the Artists in Schools program is to integrate community arts
resources—artists and professional art organizations—into a comprehensive,
standards-based program that underscores the critical role that the arts
play in
shaping a student’s overall well-being and academic achievement. The Artists
in
Schools program is supported by proceeds from the sale of the Arts License
Plate,
a specialty plate designed by noted California artist Wayne Thiebaud to
support
arts education and local arts programming. Project funding that emphasizes
long-

Artist Residency: May - October, 2011
OPEN CALL Now Online.

Application Deadline: February 1st, 2011, 11:59pm

wassaicproject.org

The Wassaic Project Residency Program has been created to cultivate and support community for emerging and professional contemporary artists. Housed in a historic re-purposed livestock auction barn, the Residency Program offers nine artists the opportunity to live and work in the heart of a rural community and offers two local artists studio space. The Wassaic Project seeks a group of artists working in a diverse range of media who want to produce, explore, challenge, and expand on their current art making practices, while participating in a grass roots, community-based arts organization.

Call for applications for PhD in Practice Program
Application period: January 31 – March 18, 2011

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Schillerplatz 3
A-1010 Vienna
Austria
Phone: +43 (0) 1 588 16-8180
Fax: +43 (0) 1 588 16-8199
phd-in-practice@akbild.ac.at
http://www.akbild.ac.at

Application period:
January 31 – March 18, 2011

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is offering a doctoral program for research in and as artistic practice. The PhD in Practice is intended to give participants an opportunity to realize their individual art and research projects in a cooperative environment with a decidedly trans-disciplinary and international bent.

canopycanopycanopy.com

Triple Canopy: 2011 commissions program

Triple Canopy is pleased to announce its second annual call for proposals. We will be commissioning projects spanning the six areas outlined below—original research, new-media journalism, public programming, Internet-specific artwork and literature, and critical dialogues—to be published in the magazine and presented before live audiences between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. Proposals are due by February 14, 2011. Read more

Project areas

Last minute: 60x60 Canada 2011 – call for works
Deadline: January 31st 2011

Short description:
Vox Novus is calling for 60-second fixed-media works for the 2011 mix of 60x60 Canada.
All submissions are done electronically. To submit follow this link: http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/submission/
The Canadian mix is open for all Canadian artists or artists who reside in Canada. If you are a Canadian living abroad, please add the note “(Canadian)” to the “Address Line 2” field in the submission engine to assure consideration for the Canadian mix.
All Canadian submissions will also be considered for the international 60x60 mix.
Non-Canadian submissions are also welcome for the International mix (through the same submission engine).